(VIANEWS) – Apollo Medical Holdings (AMEH), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), Independent Bank Corporation (IBCP) are the highest sales growth and return on equity stocks on this list.
Here is a list of stocks with an above 5% expected next quarter sales growth, and a 3% or higher return on equity. May these stocks be a good medium-term investment option?
1. Apollo Medical Holdings (AMEH)
22.4% sales growth and 9.76% return on equity
Apollo Medical Holdings, Inc., a physician-centric technology-powered healthcare management company, provides medical care services. The company is leveraging its proprietary population health management and healthcare delivery platform, operates an integrated, value-based healthcare model which empowers the providers in its network to deliver care to its patients. It offers care coordination services to patients, families, primary care physicians, specialists, acute care hospitals, alternative sites of inpatient care, physician groups, and health plans. The company's physician network consists of primary care physicians, specialist physicians, and hospitalists. It serves patients, primarily covered by private or public insurance, such as Medicare, Medicaid, and health maintenance organization plans; and non-insured patients in California. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Alhambra, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Apollo Medical Holdings has a trailing twelve months EPS of $1.04.
PE Ratio
Apollo Medical Holdings has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 37.75. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $37.75 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 9.76%.
Moving Average
Apollo Medical Holdings’s value is above its 50-day moving average of $36.57 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $34.06.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 9.8%, now sitting on 1.33B for the twelve trailing months.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Apollo Medical Holdings is 179669 which is 2.93% below its average volume of 185098.
2. Palo Alto Networks (PANW)
10.9% sales growth and 89.52% return on equity
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions worldwide. The company offers firewall appliances and software; and Panorama, a security management solution for the global control of network security platform as a virtual or a physical appliance. It also provides subscription services covering the areas of threat prevention, malware and persistent threat, URL filtering, laptop and mobile device protection, DNS security, Internet of Things security, SaaS security API, and SaaS security inline, as well as threat intelligence, and data loss prevention. In addition, the company offers cloud security, secure access, security operations, and threat intelligence and security consulting; professional services, including architecture design and planning, implementation, configuration, and firewall migration; education services, such as certifications, as well as online and in-classroom training; and support services. It sells its products and services through its channel partners, as well as directly to medium to large enterprises, service providers, and government entities operating in various industries, including education, energy, financial services, government entities, healthcare, Internet and media, manufacturing, public sector, and telecommunications. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Palo Alto Networks has a trailing twelve months EPS of $6.45.
PE Ratio
Palo Alto Networks has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 43.43. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $43.43 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 89.52%.
Sales Growth
Palo Alto Networks’s sales growth for the next quarter is 10.9%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for Palo Alto Networks is 5122730 which is 13.56% below its average volume of 5926510.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Palo Alto Networks’s stock is valued at $280.14 at 00:22 EST, way under its 52-week high of $380.84 and way above its 52-week low of $176.30.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 19.3%, now sitting on 7.53B for the twelve trailing months.
Previous days news about Palo Alto Networks(PANW)
- According to Zacks on Thursday, 7 March, "Shares of Check Point have gained 25% year to date compared with the Zacks Computer and Technology sector’s growth of 47% due to tough competition from Fortinet (FTNT Quick QuoteFTNT – Free Report) , Cisco Systems (CSCO Quick QuoteCSCO – Free Report) and Palo Alto Networks (PANW Quick QuotePANW – Free Report) in the cybersecurity market."
3. Independent Bank Corporation (IBCP)
7.1% sales growth and 15.71% return on equity
Independent Bank Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Independent Bank that provides commercial banking services to individuals and businesses in rural and suburban communities across Lower Michigan. It offers checking and savings accounts, commercial lending, direct and indirect consumer financing, mortgage lending, and safe deposit box services. The company also provides title insurance services and investment services. Independent Bank Corporation was founded in 1864 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Independent Bank Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.79.
PE Ratio
Independent Bank Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 8.71. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $8.71 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 15.71%.
4. MYR Group (MYRG)
7% sales growth and 15.02% return on equity
MYR Group Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides electrical construction services in the United States and Canada. It operates through two segments, Transmission and Distribution, and Commercial and Industrial. The company's Transmission and Distribution segment offers a range of services on electric transmission and distribution networks, and substation facilities, including design, engineering, procurement, construction, upgrade, maintenance, and repair services with primary focus on construction, maintenance, and repair to customers in the electric utility industry. Its services include construction and maintenance of high voltage transmission lines, substations, and lower voltage underground and overhead distribution systems, and renewable power facilities; and limited gas construction services, as well as emergency restoration services in response to hurricane, ice, or other storm related damages. This segment serves as a prime contractor to customers, such as investor-owned utilities, cooperatives, private developers, government-funded utilities, independent power producers, independent transmission companies, industrial facility owners, and other contractors. Its Commercial and Industrial segment provides services, such as design, installation, maintenance, and repair of commercial and industrial wiring; and installation of traffic networks, bridge, roadway, and tunnel lighting. This segment offers its services for airports, hospitals, data centers, hotels, stadiums, convention centers, renewable energy projects, manufacturing plants, processing facilities, waste-water treatment facilities, mining facilities, and transportation control and management systems. It serves general contractors, commercial and industrial facility owners, governmental agencies, and developers. MYR Group Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Henderson, Colorado.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, MYR Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $5.39.
PE Ratio
MYR Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 30.01. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $30.01 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 15.02%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
MYR Group’s EBITDA is 0.76.
Growth Estimates Quarters
The company’s growth estimates for the ongoing quarter is a negative 15.2% and positive 5.3% for the next.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 16.2%, now sitting on 3.64B for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
MYR Group’s worth is higher than its 50-day moving average of $149.75 and way higher than its 200-day moving average of $138.36.
5. First Busey Corporation (BUSE)
6.5% sales growth and 10.14% return on equity
First Busey Corporation operates as the bank holding company for Busey Bank that provides retail and commercial banking products and services to individual, corporate, institutional, and governmental customers in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Banking, FirsTech, and Wealth Management. It offers banking services to individual and corporate customers. The company also provides asset management, investment, brokerage, fiduciary, philanthropic advisory, tax preparation, and farm management services. Further, it offers payment technology solutions through its payment platform, such as walk-in payment processing for customers at retail pay agents; online bill payment solutions; customer service payments accepted over the telephone; mobile bill pay; direct debit services; electronic concentration of payments delivered to automated clearing house network; money management and credit card networks; and lockbox remittance processing to make payments by mail, as well as provides tools related to billing, reconciliation, bill reminders, and treasury services. The company has 46 banking centers in Illinois; 8 in Missouri; 3 in southwest Florida; and 1 in Indianapolis, Indiana. First Busey Corporation was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, First Busey Corporation has a trailing twelve months EPS of $2.18.
PE Ratio
First Busey Corporation has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 10.57. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $10.57 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 10.14%.
Volume
Today’s last reported volume for First Busey Corporation is 17406 which is 89.63% below its average volume of 167986.
6. Alamo Group (ALG)
5.3% sales growth and 15.85% return on equity
Alamo Group Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes, and services agricultural and infrastructure maintenance equipment for governmental and industrial use worldwide. The company offers hydraulically-powered and tractor-mounted mowers, including boom-mounted mowers; other cutters and replacement parts for heavy-duty and intensive uses; and heavy duty, tractor- and truck-mounted mowing, and vegetation maintenance equipment and replacement parts. It also provides truck-mounted air vacuum, mechanical broom, and regenerative air sweepers; pothole patchers; leaf collection equipment and replacement brooms; parking lot and street sweepers; excavators; catch basin cleaners and roadway debris vacuum systems; truck-mounted vacuum trucks, combination sewer cleaners, and hydro excavators; ice control products; snow plows and heavy duty snow removal equipment, hitches, attachments, and graders; landscape and vegetation maintenance equipment; and public works and runway maintenance products, parts, and services. In addition, the company offers rotary and finishing mowers, flail and disc mowers, front-end loaders, backhoes, rotary tillers, posthole diggers, scraper blades, and replacement parts, as well as zero turn radius mowers; cutting parts, plain and hard-faced replacement tillage tools, disc blades, and fertilizer application components; aftermarket agricultural parts; and heavy-duty mechanical rotary mowers, snow blowers, rock removal equipment, and replacement parts. Further, it provides tractor attachments; agricultural implements; hydraulic and boom-mounted hedge and grass cutters, and other tractor attachments and implements; hedgerow cutters, industrial grass mowers, and agricultural seedbed preparation cultivators; self-propelled sprayers and multi-drive load-carrying vehicles; cutting blades; hydraulic and mechanical boom mowers; and high pressure cleaning systems and trenchers. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Seguin, Texas.
Earnings Per Share
As for profitability, Alamo Group has a trailing twelve months EPS of $11.36.
PE Ratio
Alamo Group has a trailing twelve months price to earnings ratio of 17.55. Meaning, the purchaser of the share is investing $17.55 for every dollar of annual earnings.
The company’s return on equity, which measures the profitability of a business relative to shareholder’s equity, for the twelve trailing months is 15.85%.
Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization
Alamo Group’s EBITDA is 1.52.
Revenue Growth
Year-on-year quarterly revenue growth grew by 8%, now sitting on 1.69B for the twelve trailing months.
Moving Average
Alamo Group’s value is under its 50-day moving average of $209.22 and above its 200-day moving average of $186.18.
Yearly Top and Bottom Value
Alamo Group’s stock is valued at $199.35 at 00:22 EST, way below its 52-week high of $231.40 and way higher than its 52-week low of $157.74.
